Playing around with the new Sprint/Samsung Instinct- initially the phone seemed pretty slick. After a few days I started to realize all of the limitations and lack of configurability < sad face> Lets do a bit of comparison vs my previous 3 year old phone, the Palm treo 750p
Versus
Instinct Pros
Great GPS
Great Voice recognition for dialing and navigation
Decent 2 megapix camera
Fast Web Access
Removable Micro SD memory
Landscape web browsing
Ships with extra battery
Sync contacts with online service
Instinct Cons
Can not receive calls when streaming TV or browsing the internet. WTF
Limited apps, no MSN messenger client, no skype etc.
No place to store stylus
Can’t customize themes or buttons
Streaming Tv is very choppy
Calendar is ‘not worthy’ will not sync with outlook
Desktop sync very primative and quirky
Treo Pros
Real qwerty keyboard
Removable SD memory
Indicator LED for status
Phone rings when surfing the web!
Thousands of applications
Timestamp text messages
Ability to record phone calls
Ability to take voice memos
Easy to customize
No need to turn display on to see if you missed a call, txt or have mail
